Susy: There is the Ephrata Death Register on the COB website. You can also download the Chronicon Ephratense (a detailed history on the cloister). I believe the book Pennsylvania Vital Statistics also includes Ephrata records. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Suzy Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BRE] How does on reasearch Ephrata names? I was thinking about trying to find evidence of Jacob Schmucker in early Brethren records, and I keep swirling around that Ephrata Cloister. What kinds of records are available for that place? Suzy Smucker Wert Indianapolis -----Original Message----- From: Janet Hall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:35 pm Subject: [BRE] Groff Mariah Royer, daughter of Daniel and Catharine Kemper Royer married Abraham Groff. She died before 1827. Since the Royer name has been associated with Ephrata, perhaps this is a line to explore regarding the Groff line of recent discussion. Janet Source: Frysinger Shifflet, Pennsylvania German Ancestors, p. 306 ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Registers of the Ephrata Community by Julius F. Sachse List prepared by Judith Cox Whipple Is found at: http://www.cob-net.org/text/gencloister01.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Thomas Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] How does on reasearch Ephrata names? Susy: There is the Ephrata Death Register on the COB website. You can also download the Chronicon Ephratense (a detailed history on the cloister). I believe the book Pennsylvania Vital Statistics also includes Ephrata records. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Suzy Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BRE] How does on reasearch Ephrata names? I was thinking about trying to find evidence of Jacob Schmucker in early Brethren records, and I keep swirling around that Ephrata Cloister. What kinds of records are available for that place? Suzy Smucker Wert Indianapolis -----Original Message----- From: Janet Hall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 7:35 pm Subject: [BRE] Groff Mariah Royer, daughter of Daniel and Catharine Kemper Royer married Abraham Groff. She died before 1827. Since the Royer name has been associated with Ephrata, perhaps this is a line to explore regarding the Groff line of recent discussion. Janet Source: Frysinger Shifflet, Pennsylvania German Ancestors, p. 306 ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The URL for the Church of the Brethren network containing Brethren history and genealogy is http://www.cob-net.org/genchurch.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] How does on reasearch Ephrata names? > Susy: > > There is the Ephrata Death Register on the COB website. You can also > download the Chronicon Ephratense (a detailed history on the cloister). I > believe the book Pennsylvania Vital Statistics also includes Ephrata > records. > > Bill Thomas

Thank for your answers, Bill, N. H. and Gale. I have perused the listings on the COB site, and the other lists, but am still combing through the Ephrata book which I had never seen before. I only have a small window of perhaps 8 years: 1768-1776 the time when ha was a semi-adult (probably on his own, but it's not certain) but before he was present and accounted for in Somerset Co (Bedford at the time). The only thing I really have is that his wife was in or near Carlisle in 1779 when his son John was born. (Jacob is in Somerset as early as 1776 when he was on a tax list, so I am not sure how that happened.) I know other Schmucker researchers have combed though things long before this, but I keep hoping his name will magically appear. ;) Thaks of rht e replies, though. It's very interesting. Suzy Smucker Wert Indianapolis -----Original Message----- From: gale honeyman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 9:40 pm Subject: Re: [BRE] How does on reasearch Ephrata names? The URL for the Church of the Brethren network containing Brethren history and genealogy is http://www.cob-net.org/genchurch.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] How does on reasearch Ephrata names? > Susy: > > There is the Ephrata Death Register on the COB website. You can also > download the Chronicon Ephratense (a detailed history on the cloister). I > believe the book Pennsylvania Vital Statistics also includes Ephrata > records. > > Bill Thomas ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message